Fit for a Queen by Rebecca Cheriton

Fit for a Queen

Knitting
October 2020
Sport (12 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
in Stocking Stitch
US 3 - 3.25 mm
72 - 203 yards (66 - 186 m)
45-50cm/16-18", 50-55cm/18-20", 55-60cm/22-24"
English
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Some days you just need to pop on a crown and show them who’s boss!
With a crown set into the brim of this hat you’ll always feel royal.

Sized from children to adults, everyone will get to wear a
crown. And with a choice of nupps or no nupps you get to choose how you want to wear your crown.

Fit for a Queen comes in a beanie fit & a slouch option for perfect customisation.

Details:

Sizing:
Child : 45-50cm/18-20”
Adult : 50-55cm /20-22”
Large adult: 55-60cm/22-24”

Gauge:
24sts & 34 rounds in stocking stitch on 3.25mm needles

Yarn requirements:
All sizes for a beanie fit can be made with 1 ball Lopi Kambargn 100% non-superwash merino
50g / 150m. Or 2 balls for a slouchy fit. Large adult beanie fit with nupps made in colourway ‘Peacock’ and slouch fit in colourway ‘Buttercup’

Beanie fit:
99, 126, 144m/108, 138, 158y

Slouch Fit:
105, 144, 186m/115, 158, 204y

Yarn recommendations:
You’ll want a yarn that has good stitch definition and not too fluffy or it might over whelm the crown pattern.

Lopi Kambargn
Outlaw Bohemia
Cascade 220 Sport

Needles:
3.25mm/US #3, 40cm / 16” cable - or preferred needles/cable length for knitting small
diameter.
If you find you knit twisted stitches quite tight you might want to knit the brim on a
3.5mm/us #4 and switch to the 3.25mm/US #3 for the body